2006 Top Ten New Songs List December 29th, 2006 @ 4:24 pm PST
You’re asking me, “What are the ten songs you played the most in iTunes this year, David?” Unfortunately I’m not going to tell you that. I’d love to do it, but I can’t. See, the thing is that iTunes doesn’t store meta data in a true RDBMS; it’s just a flat XML file. There’s no […]
Fubar Foo Fighters? June 17th, 2005 @ 7:21 am PDT
“Do you feel shackled to old technology just so that the music middle men can maintain their inflated profit margin? Well, you should now. Released just three days ago by RCA, the new Foo Fighters CD contains DRM that supposedly prevents the CD from being loaded and ripped via iTunes. Customers are already complaining that […]
Oakley Thump June 8th, 2005 @ 6:18 am PDT
Oakley has started advertising Thump — “Digital Music Eyeware”. If these had a BlueTooth iPod dongle I would go buy a pair right now — before lunch even. They don’t, though. They have a 256mb or 512mb memory gizmo and you need a USB cable to update your tunes (and what looks like a c. […]
Shuffle Me April 6th, 2005 @ 1:35 pm PDT
I just read about Matt running with a Shuffle. My 40GB is much too big to take on a run. I’ve always wanted to run with music, but have never been able to get around the clunkiness factor. I’m finally getting back to running and rowing. I’ve pulled three four five 6k+, 30min ergs in […]
One of My Turns January 12th, 2002 @ 4:18 pm PST
One of My Turns – Pink Floyd
